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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 2002
Page
4
Local archive notes establish 1906 origins with Draper coverage from GCTelegram. Daily notes reference the two sources Delaney and Draper as historical context for regional records.
Finney County Economic Development Corp backs wording to renew a half-cent sales tax for economic development. Garden City commissioners will hold a public hearing and choose wording for the spring vote, with possible sunset provisions to limit the tax and ensure clear, targeted use of revenue.
Reader letters discuss gambling taxes smoking costs and the need for fiscal reform. Contributors urge gambling revenue as a solution and debate sin taxes car registration and welfare subsidies. Other comments attack abortion policies Taliban detainees and school board spending while calling for reduced government and honest budgeting.
Bailey, director of communications for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, objects to a Dr. Bill Roy column printed by Hays Daily News. He argues the piece fabricates a mock conversation implicating Knack and Mattox and could misquote them. He urges the publication to judge the column on merit and notes the policyholder vote has passed.
A leaked rant about a proposed Kansas property giveaway exposes plans to hand $286 million to policyholders while selling BCBSES to Anthem. It details hidden profits, inflated valuations, and alleged self-serving moves by officers, with investment bankers arranging the deal and insiders lining up post sale jobs.
Patrick Murphy joins The Telegram in Columbus Nebraska as a contributing columnist and moves into desk editor and copy flow duties. He leaves Garden City after seven years as business editor and assistant managing editor, while Brett Riggs is promoted to assistant managing editor city editor to oversee local reporting.
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